Palm oil - a type of vegetable oil that is made from the pulp of the fruit of the oil palm. From the seeds of this tree are palm kernel oil.
Oil palm is grown in Africa, Indonesia and Malaysia. Extracted from its fruits Palm oil has a low price, so that is one of the most sought-after agricultural commodities on the world market. The greatest demand palm oil uses in the food industry, and in second place on its application located cosmetic Corporation.
Nutritional value and chemical composition of palm oil
Palm oil possesses the characteristic of the oil palm fruit taste and smell, as well as red-orange. It is a semisolid consistency with a melting point of 33-39 degrees Celsius.
With its high oxidative stability (OSI 20-30), palm oil for a long time and retains its quality does not deteriorate. For comparison, the OSI index of sunflower oil is only 3-6, and soy - 4-12.
Palm oil is absorbed within 97%.
It contains a record number:
1. Vitamin E, consisting of tocopherol and tocotrienols. As is well known, it is very difficult to find tocotrienols in vegetable sources. Exceptions are wheat germ, rice bran oil and palm oil. It is due to the content of tocotrienols palm oil helps to effectively fight free radicals (one and causes of cancer).
2. Vitamin A. According to the WHO in 2001, palm oil concentration of vitamin fifteen times its content in carrots!
The palm oil are saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, including oleic acid, palmitic acid, linoleic acid and arachidic.
Important! It should be noted that the proportion of unsaturated palm oil acids in two times higher than in butter. That is, butter supplies the body more and more saturated fatty acids than the palm.
The use of palm oil and the harm to the body
Thanks to record the content of vitamin E, palm oil - a great helper in the fight against free radicals, minimizing the risk of cancer.
Moreover, it has beneficial effects on the skin, moisturizes, preventing the appearance of wrinkles. It is worth noting that the palm oil in the people and is very popular as an excellent means for accelerating the healing of wounds of various origins.
Also, palm oil can act as a prophylactic vitamin A deficiency
This product, according to the American Dr. Bruce Fife, promotes better absorption of vitamins D, K and E, calcium and magnesium. Although numerous studies have shown that of the infant formula in which structure there is palm oil, calcium is absorbed worse. Thus, in one clinical study, the proportion of assimilable calcium decreased from 57.4% to 37.5%.
Also conducted many studies which confirm a negative impact on the human body of saturated fats that make up the Palm Oil (fats are the same, and butter). Consumption data in excess of fats contributes to the emergence and development of diseases of the cardiovascular system and increases blood cholesterol. Thus, according to the recommendations, the content of saturated fat in the diet of adults and children from 2 years of age may not exceed 1/10 of the total amount of fat consumed. And the people who have suffered a myocardial infarction, stroke or with diabetes mellitus should reduce the intake of saturated fat to seven percent.
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